New commissioner to take office at Georgia DDS
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) has a new commissioner. The agency's board has approved Gov. Brian Kemp's nomination of Angelique McClendon to take the top post at the department. She will succeed outgoing Commissioner Spencer Moore on May 1....
Election to succeed Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr heats up
ATLANTA - A second candidate has raised his hand to become Georgia's next attorney general, as incumbent Chris Carr campaigns for the governor's office. Both of the candidates who have filed paperwork to raise funds to campaign for attorney general are Republican...
Report finds Atlanta-area air pollution worsening
ATLANTA - Metro Atlanta suffers the third-worst levels of ozone pollution, otherwise known as smog, in the Southeast, according to a study released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. The group's annual "State of the Air" report also ranks the Atlanta region...
Kemp inks tort reform bills
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed two tort reform bills Monday that supporters say should reverse a pattern of excessive jury awards they hold responsible for rising liability insurance premiums that are hurting Georgia businesses' bottom lines. Overhauling the civil...
Judge sides with international students after Trump administration revoked their visitor status
ATLANTA - A federal judge is giving the U.S. government a Tuesday evening deadline to reinstate the immigration status of 133 current and former college students who would have had to cease attending classes and holding jobs after they lost their Student and Exchange...
State Sen. Esteves enters race for governor
ATLANTA - State Sen. Jason Esteves announced Monday that he will run for governor next year. The Atlanta Democrat was elected to the Senate in 2022 and is serving his second term under the Gold Dome. Before that, he spent nearly a decade as a member of the Board of...
Georgia law offers homeowners a big tax break, but most probably won’t get much, if any, of it
ATLANTA - Across Georgia last November, voters heartily threw their support behind an amendment to the state constitution that sought to slow the escalation of property taxes. Two out of three voters favored Constitutional Amendment 1, which allowed communities to...
State awards five workforce housing grants
ATLANTA - Three cities and two local economic development authorities will receive more than $11 million in grants to help finance infrastructure improvements needed to service new housing. The latest grant recipients through the state's Rural Workforce Housing...